Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from Paraguay and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1968 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing The Mojo Men to the dance kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.
Every great song by Grauzone. All the underground hits.
All Rosa Yemen tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every UT record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a John Coltrane record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nirvana,
Arcadia,
Jesper Dahlback,
Sister Nancy,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Boogie Down Productions,
Letta Mbulu,
Jeff Mills,
Von Mondo,
Inner City,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Crispian St. Peters,
Marc Almond,
John Coltrane,
Brand Nubian,
Terrestrial Tones,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Amon Düül II,
Minnie Riperton,
Pulsallama,
Marvin Gaye,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
The Shadows of Knight,
The Gories,
The Litter,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Monochrome Set,
Lalo Schifrin,
Can,
Royal Trux,
Echospace,
The Standells,
The Sonics,
Brick,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Boredoms,
10cc,
Freddie Wadling,
Glenn Branca,
Marine Girls,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Moss Icon,
Audionom,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Blackbyrds,
The Monks,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
MC5,
Sound Behaviour,
D'Angelo,
the Normal,
John Cale,
Isaac Hayes,
The Misunderstood,
Scott Walker,
Lucky Dragons,
Spandau Ballet,
Hashim,
The Cure,
Gang Starr,
Spoonie Gee,
Lalann, Lalann, Lalann, Lalann.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.